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Radio WM,4 mins
1960s high street recreated at Black Country Living Museum
Available for over a year
The Black Country Living Museum opens the doors on a High Street that depicts life in the Black Country in post-war Britain covering the the 1940s, 50s and 60s. One of the recreations is the Dudley newsagents J Burgin which was run by Cynthia Burgin and her mother in law. Now 92 years old - Cynthia has been talking to our reporter Leona Smart outside her recreated shop front at the museum.
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